Chicken Short-Cake
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Ingredients
- two (2) teaspoons baking powder
- one (1) pint flour
- one (1) tablespoon butter
- one (1) cup sweetened condensed milk
- stewed chicken
Preparation
- Thoroughly and evenly mix the baking powder into the flour
- Cut the butter into the flour mixture and rub it in to distribute it evenly
- Stir in the sweetened milk
- Form the dough into a single large cake and bake it "quickly", according to the original recipe
- Serve on a platter, torn open with stewed chicken turned over it
Notes
From Breakfast, Dinner and Supper by Maud C. Cooke (1897), p. 140
